Saturday, 6 February 2016

Vineyard of the Saker on anti-TPPA protest

Today
was a good day to be out and about in Auckland. A bouquet
of human values was on display that is usually confined to that,
overtly distorted, place called ‘personal space’ in this ever
shrinking public space.

The
protests in Auckland were anticipated by the vast majority of the
population in this truly unique Island in the Pacific. There is an
almost electrifying blend of people from all walks of life who came
out to voice their dissent.

The
Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) was signed despite the
opposition of the majority of the population. It does not ,however,
surprise as precisely such an outcome was predicted at last week’s
Auckland Town Hall meeting. The intent of the protesters was more to
do with the assertion of their right to dissent and to mark a start
to their struggle as renowned New Zealand journalist
and film maker Bryan Bruce noted.

"Queen
Street, Auckland, NZ

Signing
the TPPA is merely symbolic and no matter what the state propaganda
machine regurgitates (from PR coaches), the truth is that the
majority of a nation cannot be silenced. And as such, a piece of
paper is meaningless. The people do not want the TPPA and they will
not allow for it to steal their right to life,dignity and freedom.

The
Establishment should simply give up pushing through a corporate
takeover of sovereign Aotearoa. What is the point? Do they never
expect to interact with the common man? Do they really think human
spirit can be crushed by politics of fear,lies,intimidation and
injustice?

Last
night the Auckland Transport Authority ‘mysteriously’
announced that buses will not be running from 09:00am to 03:00pm.
That just happened to coincide with the peak commute time for
protesters from around Auckland.

This
is Aotearoa and its people cannot be dominated by corporations:

To
their credit the people were 100% peaceful with their protest and
civil disobedience. Men, women, children and the elderly marched in
solidarity cheerful,hopeful and dignified as their rights were
being signed away at a casino. The government decided to sign a
fundamentally undemocratic treaty in the one place they could.

The
policemen kept the peace and somewhere in their stares into the abyss
one could see them struggling to contain their own outrage at this
farce. Most policemen were calm,friendly and jovial.

People
are on the edge for a lot of reasons these days. Primarily because
they are truly on their own. Every single ‘right’ is a paid
privilege and as such many are finding themselves on the other side
of the so-called ‘wealth gap’ (read: class system) with the
global economy in meltdown.

People
have a right, by birth & not granted to them by the state, to
stand up and protest as they wish when their life is being taken from
them.

Impressive
creativity on display with the civil disobedience activists locking
down the city in a rotating fashion.

Just
because life is not taken instantly, but instead over time does not
mean it is worth any less.We are being annihilated in slow motion via
poisoned food sources, waterways, abuse physically,mentally and
emotionally via a failed capitalist model that delivers to the few at
the expense of the many.

So,
if someone wishes to get up and protest to this injustice then kudos
to them for being awake.

There
are some things that a capitalist monetized model simply cannot put a
price on.

This is followed by some audio material which can be heard in the original article